Eastern Alamance travels to Northern Guilford

By Conor O'Neill / Times-News

Published: Friday, October 4, 2013 at 12:11 AM.

Eastern Guilford is the last area team without a loss. … The Wildcats have been consistent in scoring totals, with scores of 29, 19, 21, 20 and 20. … Eden Morehead has surrendered 163 points in its last four games. … The 59 points Eastern Guilford has given up rank as the fifth-lowest total in the state for Class 3-A teams. … Eastern Guilford hasn’t won its first three conference games in at least 12 years. … Eden Morehead lost its first two Mid-State 3-A Conference games of the season before last week’s 35-21 victory against Rockingham County. … Eastern Guilford won last season’s meeting 33-32, which marked the fourth straight victory in the series.

Eastern Alamance has won three straight games — all in the Mid-State 3-A Conference — by a combined 162 points. … Running back Malcolm Summers has scored 17 touchdowns this season for the Eagles. … Eastern Alamance is plus-6 in turnover differential, having notched 11 takeaways and surrendered five turnovers. … Northern Guilford is playing its first game since it was announced that the Nighthawks forfeited a Sept. 13 victory against Williams High School for using too many junior varsity players in a game. … Northern Guilford beat Eastern Alamance 49-7 last season. … The Eagles haven’t beaten Northern Guilford in four meetings, with the margin of defeat increasing each time (from 24-23 in 2009, to 21-10, to 38-19, to 49-7).

Rockingham County (1-5, 1-2) at Williams (3-3, 1-2)

Williams is trying to end a three-game losing skid, although the first of those was ruled a victory via Northern Guilford’s forfeit. … The Bulldogs will be without standout running back / linebacker Jaylin Jeffries for the rest of the season (torn ACL in second game of season). Backup running back Jamieon Harvey will miss 3-4 weeks with a broken pinkie. … The good news is that Williams coach David Green expects starters Harrison Gee, Raheim Robinson and Torian Riley to return tonight. … Williams has lost its last two games by a combined 83 points. … Rockingham County picked up its first victory of the season against McMichael two weeks ago in a 44-0 result. Other than that game, the Cougars have scored 64 points in five losses. … Rockingham County won last season’s matchup 38-18, which was the third straight victory in the series.

Eastern Guilford (5-0, 2-0) at Eden Morehead (3-3, 1-2)

Eastern Guilford is the last area team without a loss. … The Wildcats have been consistent in scoring totals, with scores of 29, 19, 21, 20 and 20. … Eden Morehead has surrendered 163 points in its last four games. … The 59 points Eastern Guilford has given up rank as the fifth-lowest total in the state for Class 3-A teams. … Eastern Guilford hasn’t won its first three conference games in at least 12 years. … Eden Morehead lost its first two Mid-State 3-A Conference games of the season before last week’s 35-21 victory against Rockingham County. … Eastern Guilford won last season’s meeting 33-32, which marked the fourth straight victory in the series.